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I am in a series of posts about what I call the Essentials of the Christian life. They aren’t new or creative—but they are also not optional. They are truly essential to our health and life. We’ve …
Continue Reading about Prayer–it’s about the relationship, not the request. →
Everyone knows that going to church doesn’t insure someone is different from others who don’t go to church. The reason is there really isn’t such a thing as “going to church”. “Church” is a group of …
Continue Reading about Is going to church a necessity for Christians? →
In the last post I noted that spiritual health is something God built into us. We will be healthy unless we are injured, or fail to provide in our lives the ingredients God gave to strengthen us. …
Continue Reading about Worship—It May Not Be What We Think. →
There is a lot of discussion and a lot written about discipleship in the church today. In fact, I wrote several more pages on it before I decided you didn’t want to read all that. So, here are a few …
Most of us have someone in our lives, someone who changed us. We can see it. We can see that person in who we are—who we have become. I have been fortunate to have several of these people in my …
What is your cultural heritage? Middle class? Hispanic? Anglo? African-American? Asian? Southern? West Coast? SoCal? OC? I have asked many people that question as we seek to understand one …
